Thanks for your continued prayers for the people of Kenya. As you may have been following via the news networks, the situation in Kenya continues to be improving—fighting is subsiding and talks between Raila Odinga and President Mwai Kibaki are a possibility.
Sadly, the pre-election normalcy of Kenya is still far away. The death toll has doubled to 600 people killed and government officials expect it to continue to climb as more bodies are reported found.
World Relief has activated a national alliance of churches that has brought together over 300 pastors in the city of Nairobi to respond to the current crisis which has left thousands homeless and without food and water. World Relief is partnering with other Christian ministries in the country along with the Red Cross and other UN organizations to link churches to those in need. They are reaching out to the poorest of the poor, including those in Nairobi’s slums whose houses were burned and those who had to flee to save their lives.
Yet in the midst of this strife, the Church is shining a light of hope with the intent to care for those and to be the agent of healing and reconciliation. The Nairobi Baptist Church and Nairobi Chapel welcomed those who had to flee the Kibera slum when their houses were burned. Already, Nairobi Chapel has been caring for over 2000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) while Nairobi Baptist’s Clinic in Kibera has been overwhelmed by the needs of people coming to seek medical, psychosocial and physical assistance.
Here are ways you can get involved with the post-election crisis in Kenya:
· Pray: Please continue to lift up our staff and Kenyan churches that they would be a light of peace and of reconciliation. Specifically, the Kenyan church network is made up of
o Nairobi Baptist Church
o Nairobi Chapel
o Nairobi Pentecostal Church-Valley Road
o Parklands Baptist Church
o Africa Inland Church-Milimani
o Nairobi West Presbyterian Church of East Africa
o All Saints Anglican Church.
· Give: We need $327,213 to respond to this need. Thank you in advance for giving to this need. Please visit our secure webpage.
AFLC World Missions partners with World Relief to do relief work around the world. Donations may be sent to AFLC World Missions or directly to World Relief.
